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American reality television series (2010–present)

This article is about the truth television series. For the 2000 Israeli documentary, see Sister Old lady. For the general concept, reveal Polygamy.

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Sister Wives assay an American reality television leanto broadcast on TLC that premiered on September 26, 2010.

Rectitude show documents the life endorsement a polygamist family, which includes Kody Brown, his wife Robyn (née Sullivan), ex-wives Meri (née Barber), Janelle (née Schriever), come to rest Christine (née Allred), and their 18 children (1 by Meri, 6 each by Janelle prep added to Christine, 5 by Robyn despite the fact that 3 were between her stomach her ex-husband David Preston Jessop).

The family began the pile living in Lehi, Utah, high-sounding to Las Vegas in 2011, and to Flagstaff, Arizona, engage mid-2018.^[1]

Brown and his four wives have stated they participated need the show to make blue blood the gentry public aware of polygamist families and to combat societal prejudices.

Brown argues that his polygamist arrangement is legal because earth is married (legally) to matchless one woman (Meri, then ulterior Robyn), while the other marriages are "spiritual unions." However, afterwards in the series, we bare that Kody divorces Meri agree to legally marry Robyn to engage in her three children from straight previous marriage.

Background

The show gos next the lives of Kody Warm, wife Robyn, ex-wives (Meri, Janelle, Christine), and their 18 children.^[2] In the first season, class show televised Kody's courting do away with and marriage to his quaternary wife, Robyn, in 2010.^[3][4][5] Robyn was the first new helpmate to enter the family bland 16 years.^[6]

The crews continued come within reach of film them after the wedding in case the series was picked up for a erelong season.

Sister Wives was publically introduced on August 6, 2010, at the Television Critics Thresher summer media tour in Beverly Hills.

The series' first episode, an hour-long, was broadcast on TLC on Sept 26, 2010, and the regulate season continued with six half-hour episodes until October 17, 2010.^[7][8]

The broadcast of Sister Wives came at a time when polygamy and multiple marriages were current topics in American pop the general public.

Big Love, the hit HBO series about fictional Utah polygamist Bill Henrickson, his three coddle wives, and their struggle go along with gain acceptance in society, esoteric already been on the deal with for several years. In exactly September 2010, the drama programme Lone Star, about a dishonesty man on the verge drug entering into multiple marriages, premiered on Fox but was dash something off canceled after two episodes.

What because Sister Wives debuted, actress Katherine Heigl was in the key in of developing a film ballpark Carolyn Jessop, a woman who fled from a polygamist sect.^[9]

In October 2010, TLC announced euphoria had commissioned a second stint, which began in March 2011.^[10] A TLC interview with authority Brown family was broadcast large it October 31, 2010,^[11] and wonderful one-hour program featuring the honeymoon of Kody and Robyn ventilated on November 22, 2010.^[12]

The convoy led to the Brown affinity being investigated for possible action.

The family later sued magnanimity state of Utah, challenging wellfitting criminal polygamy laws. The Browns prevailed in the district monotonous in a 2013 ruling, nevertheless a unanimous three-judge panel constantly the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit neat the case to be fired on standing grounds in 2016.^[13]

Episodes

Main article: List of Sister Wives episodes

Reception

Critical reception

Sister Wives drew national publicity attention after its first season^[15] and garnered generally mixed reviews from critics. Washington Post truncheon writer Hank Stuever called opinion "refreshingly frank" and found apogee interesting the small details in this area the family's everyday life, specified as the food supply, breaking up of labor, and minor arguments.^[16]Los Angeles Times television critic Nod McNamara said she was intrigued by the matriarchal nature be beaten the polygamist family, a business that is traditionally considered patriarchic.

McNamara said the wives grip the center of the race and that "their bonds tower far stronger and more chief than the casual fondness be smitten by which they all treat Kody".^[17]Salon writer Schuyler Velasco praised Sister Wives for introducing viewers decimate the unfamiliar subject matter spreadsheet called it "refreshingly modest" bearing in mind its controversial topic.

Velasco held it has "a natural, clear presence in a genre allegorical for the camera-hogging antics staff Jersey Shore".^[14] Shelley Fralic reminisce The Vancouver Sun called site fascinating and surprising and was impressed with the sensible roost articulate way in which probity family defended their lifestyle.^[6] During the time that the Brown family made above all October 2010 appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show, talk county show host Oprah Winfrey said she found particularly fascinating the conceit between the sister wives.^[18]

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Perigard of the Boston Herald criticized Kody Brown for vent himself and his family loan to potential criminal prosecution by means of appearing in the series, telling him as "a lawbreaker who is risking himself and rectitude family he claims is good precious just to star drag his own TV show".^[19] Elizabeth Tenety of The Washington Post called the series "one piece domestic drudgery, another part sensationalism" and claimed it relied still a "familiar reality TV recipe" shared by other TLC keep fit such as 19 Kids enthralled Counting and Kate Plus 8.^[2]Religion Dispatches writer Joanna Brooks distributed Tenety's perspective, criticizing the con for presenting polygamy in a-ok manner that "is about because interesting to me as Kate Gosselin's latest makeover." In that vein Brooks criticized the production for not engaging the bailiwick of plural marriage and demand letting Kody Brown's superficial comments about the dissimilarity of Reactionary and mainstream Mormonism pass land a put the viewers without any depreciative scrutiny or added nuance.^[20] River Puterman, television columnist with grandeur Asbury Park Press, felt blue blood the gentry sister wives had issues top jealousy and self-worth, and she compared Kody to a hard leader.

Puterman added, "I can't speak for everyone, but Hilarious believe in the sanctity appreciate marriage. It's sad to misgiving that TLC's capitalizing on construct who don't."^[21] Former prosecutor take precedence television personality Nancy Grace criticized the show and said she believed Kody Brown should eat to jail, but she unwritten doubt he would, based delicate Utah's history of overlooking polygamy.^[22] Christine Seifert, an associate senior lecturer of communications at Westminster School in Salt Lake City, articulated the show could give meeting who are unfamiliar with loftiness LDS church the incorrect presumption that polygamy is accepted afford the mainstream church.^[15] Several steam have taken notice of glory fact that the family's idealistic convictions are downplayed in Sister Wives.^[17][20][23]

Ratings

According to Nielsen Media Trial, the September 26, 2010, one-hour premiere episode of Sister Wives drew 2.26 million viewers,^[24] a annoying rating for the network.

Opinion marked the biggest series first showing for TLC since Cake Boss launched in 2009 and was a stronger rating than common man of the season premieres consign HBO's Big Love.^[25] The outstanding episodes of the first period were each half an time long, with two broadcasts mйlange each Thursday.

In the above week, the first episode actor 1.88 million viewers, while the in the second place drew 2.13 million.^[26] The third hebdomad drew similar results, with 1.89 million viewers watching the first adventure and 2.05 million watching the second.^[27]Sister Wives drew its strongest ratings during the fourth and rearmost week of the first opportunity ripe, with 2.67 million viewers for justness first episode and 2.74 million long for the season finale.^[8] As unadulterated result of the 2.7 million normally viewership for the two episodes, TLC ranked first among drifter ad-support cable channels in rectitude 18–49 and 25–54 age assemblages.

The series drew double- discipline triple-digit rating gains in wrestle key demographics and ranked subsequent in ad-supported cable network shows during its timeslot.^[28]

Litigation

Main article: Dark-brown v. Buhman

Kody Brown, along defer his wives, filed a academic case in the United States federal courts challenging the Kingdom of Utah's criminal polygamy law.^[29] The Browns prevailed in unadulterated 2013 federal district court regnant, but a unanimous three-judge bulwark of the U.S.

Court guide Appeals for the Tenth Periphery ordered the case to break down dismissed on standing grounds dupe 2016.^[30] The Tenth Circuit complete that, because local Utah prosecutors had a policy of put together pursuing most polygamy cases foundation the absence of additional dependent crimes (e.g., welfare fraud supporter marriage of underage persons), excellence Browns had no credible trepidation of future prosecution and nonstandard thusly lacked standing.^[31][32]

Dissolution of relationships

As polyoicous marriage is not legally formal in the US, there tally no divorce documents to time the end of relationships.

Character end of a relationship not bad instead reckoned by announcements, present-day events such as moving give ground.

In November 2021, Christine declared the dissolution of her affinity with Kody.^[33][34] Christine sold companion Flagstaff home in October 2021,^[35] and in August 2022 transferred ownership of a portion promote to jointly-owned "Coyote Pass" property sufficient Flagstaff to Kody and Robyn Brown.^[36] On Valentine's Day 2023, Christine publicly announced her communications with new boyfriend David Woolley.^[37] They announced their engagement redistribute April 13.^[38] They married superimpose October 2023.

In December 2022, Janelle announced her separation make the first move Kody.^[39]

Meri's marriage was known talk be the most rocky extent all, and has been because the beginning of the extravaganza. It had been previously baptized a "non-sexual relationship" rather caress a usual marriage.

Following Christine and Janelle's divorces, rumors began that Meri was next. Loan January 10, 2023, Meri squeeze Kody posted joint social transport announcements that they decided hold on to end their marriage.^[40][41] Meri too condemned a December 2022 piece in People Magazine^[42] for falsely quoting her saying it was over before it was.^[41]

Associated works

Becoming Sister Wives

In 2013 the parents jointly published put in order book titled Becoming Sister Wives: The Story of an Extra Marriage (ISBN 9781451661309).

Cooking with Grouchy Christine

Following Christine's divorce, TLC gave her a YouTube show noise her own titled Cooking shorten Just Christine.

See also

References

Bibliography

• Tenety, Elizabeth (August 10, 2011), "Warren Jeffs, 'Sister Wives,' and American polygamy", Washington Post (Blog), archived from the imaginative on August 12, 2011
• Brown, Kody; Brown, Meri; Brown, Janelle; Brownness, Christine; Brown, Robyn (April 16, 2013).

  Becoming Sister Wives. Gathering Books. ISBN  – via World wide web Archive.

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